TUESDAY WEATHER: Fog and isolated showers in the west and frost in the east

By Staff Writer
Published: 3 August 2026

This forecast is for: Tue 04 August 2026
The maps cover: Tue 04 Aug – Thu 06 Aug


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire conditions are expected over Karoo Hoogland local municipality in the Northern Cape and Laingsburg local municipality in the Western Cape.

SEE ALSO: Widespread low-level snowfall possible across Lesotho and South Africa – including Gauteng.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool with morning frost in places in the south.

MPUMALANGA
Morning frost in places over the Highveld and escarpment, otherwise fine and cool but warm on the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Fine and cool to warm.

NORTH-WEST
Morning frost in places in the south, otherwise fine and cool.

THE FREE STATE
Morning frost in places, otherwise fine and cold to cool.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Morning fog along the coast, otherwise fine and cool to warm but partly cloudy in the west with isolated showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy with morning fog along the west and south-west coast, otherwise fine becoming partly cloudy from the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be light and variable becoming moderate north-westerly along the west coast from the evening

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be light northerly, becoming moderate south-westerly from late morning.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cold in places in the north, otherwise fine and cool to warm. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and cool but warm in the north-east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 04/22°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 03/20°C

VEREENIGING
Minimum/Maximum: 01/21°C

MBOMBELA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/24°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 06/24°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 05/23°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 02/23°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Morning frost, otherwise Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: -1/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 01/23°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 08/26°C

CAPE TOWN
Partly cloudy becoming cloudy in he evening.
Wind: Light southerly becoming moderate north-westerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/22°C

GEORGE
Fine becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/23°C

GQEBERHA
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly, becoming westerly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/25°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Fine.
Wind: Moderate northerly at times, otherwise light and variable.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/22°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly, becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/24°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate north-easterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/23°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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